THE FIRST RAINS CAME
Dark clouds gathered
and spread relentlessly
across the sky in Warri
and then, curiously,
the first rains came
and poured furiously
bringing coolness
and relief from the relentless
heat of a scorching sunshine
raindrops the size of a forefinger
splattered across the windscreen
roadside sellers ran helter skelter
and under the bridge, they sought shelter
roadmakers from Julius Berger carried on
digging and hammering under the pouring rain
my hat to them I doff
my heart to the folks also
trying to make a living under the pouring rain
dr dh (rain poems)
